Abstract
The ability to store single atomic ions in a radio-frequency trap by photon-recoil cooling and detect the emitted fluorescence of the single trapped ions has proven to be a successful way to investigate the fundamental interaction of light and matter and to test our understanding of quantum physics1,2. The extension of these studies to molecules has failed so far, because all molecules - even diatomic species - possess several internal degrees of freedom which prevent laser cooling.
© 1992 Optical Society of America
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